[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Devizes R.D.C.

  • Devizes (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Devizes R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tiif;mtile Death Rate per 1,000 li\e Oirtlis- 48.7. ijegitimate infants per 1,(MX) live liirtlis—48.7. Illegitini'ate infant.s per 1,000 live hirtlis-—Nil. Deaths from Measles ... ... ... ... — Deatlis from Whoopinp; Coii<!;li ... ... ... 1 Deallis fi’oni Diarilia'a unclei- 2 years of ajie ... 1 Deaths—44% to .Diseases of eirenlatorv .system; 8.7 % to Ca.ne<?r; lo..S % to Respiratory Jfisea.sos. 'J'hero was no excessive or unusual mortality during the yeaa- ealling for comment. The stillbirtli I’ate may be disiegardc'd, as D'O flgui-es are sc small that the rate must vary widely from year to j'ear. Sixty-six deaths were attributed to <liseases of the circulatory system, 13 to Pneumonia, 2 to Tuberculosis, and 13 to Cancer. The low Tuberculosis figure is satisfactory. CAUSES OF DEATH RETURNED BY REGISTRAR- GENERAL, 1938. Causes of Death. Deathsi 1— Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers 2— Measles 3— Scarlet Fever ... 4— —4Vhooping Cough o—Diphtheria b—Influenza V—Encephalitis Lethargica 8— Cerebro-spinal Fever 9— Respiratory Tuberculosis ’9—Other Tuberculosi® 11— Syphilis 12— General Paralysis of the Insane, tabes dorsalis, etc. 13— Cancer, ^Malignant Disease 14— Diabetes 1.5— Cerebral Hremorrha.ge, etc. 16— Heart Disease 17— Aneurysm 18— OthcM- Ciiculatoay Diseases 19— Bronchitis 2U—Pneumonia (all forms) ... 21— Other Respiratory Diseases 22— Peptic Ulcei- 23— Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) ... 24— Appendicitis 25— Oindiosis of Liver 26— Other Diseases of Liyor, etc. 27— Otlier Digestive Disea.se.s 28— Acute and Chronic Nephritis 29— Puerperal Sepsis 30— Other Puerperal Causes 31— Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. 32— Senilit.y , 33— Suicide 34— Other Violence 3.5— Other Defined Disea.ses 36—Causes ill-defintxl or unknown ... Sixx-ial causes—Small Pox, Poliomyelitis, Male Feinale Total 1 — 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 7 6 13 — ] 1 1 3 4 2.7 21 46 — 1 1 5 10 15 5 4 9 10 3 13 1 — 1 — 1 1 1 2 3 2 4 6 .3 1 4 2 2 4 1 — 1 5 5 10 8 4 12 1‘olio-encephalitis—Nil.
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